• (America) IPA: /ˈpoʊstɚ/

From post + -er.

poster (plural posters)

1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

   He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.

2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

   I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.

3. (internet) One who posts a message.

   Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.

4. (Australian rules football, informal) A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.
5. (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

   We got three posters in the third and lost.

6. (basketball) A dunk over a defending player.

• French: poster, affiche
• German: Poster, Affiche
• Italian: immagine di muro, poster
• Portuguese: cartaz
• Russian: по́стер
• Spanish: cartel

• French: affiche, poster
• German: Plakat, Anschlag, Poster, Affiche
• Italian: manifesto, locandina
• Portuguese: cartaz, propaganda
• Russian: плака́т
• Spanish: cartel

• German: Pfosten

poster (posters, present participle postering; simple past and past participle postered)

1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.

   to poster the walls of a bedroom

From post + -er, from post ("travel, dispatch").

poster (plural posters)

1. (dated) A posthorse.
   • 1854, Charles Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad:

     we whirled along with four posters at a gallop

2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:

     posters of the sea and land